Dan Chenok's House Committee Testimony: Innovation and Cloud Computing

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Overview of the Technology and the Issues facing American Innovators."

I am testifying today before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet.  I outline how Cloud computing can transform our society and government, save money, and increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Here are the top five benefits I will discuss at the hearing:

Recovering from the Recovery Act - Part 5

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 A new report looks back at states’ experiences in implementing the federal reporting requirements and offers insights for the potential of extending such requirements.

Since 2009, the public has been able to track the outlay of more than $275 billion in federal contracts, grants, and loans as a result of the unprecedented transparency and accountability provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), part of the federal economic stimulus program.

Review of "The Rise of Social Government" by the Fels Institute

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report on the use of social media in local government.

Weekly Round-up: July 20, 2012

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Ludwig Wittgentsein is Weeding Wilting Tuts.  Bill Gates thinks game-play will become more prevalent as a mode of teaching and learning.

Creating Culture Change That Sticks

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not an impediment.

Business writers Jon Katzenbach, Ilona Steffen, and Caroline Kronley wrote an insightful article in the July-August issue of Harvard Business Review summing up their observations of how leaders of large companies, such as 150-year-old Aetna Insurance, turned around a failing organization by reshaping the culture.  They say that too often leaders see culture initiatives as icing on the cake.  But it should be seen as “an accelerator and an energizer,” not a distraction.

Weekly Round-up: July 13, 2012

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  • Psst! NIST on PIV.  FedScoop reports that "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the second draft version of its updated security standard for identity credentials in personal identity verification cards, also known as PIV cards.  The document. . . is now open for public comment"
  • Kickstarter, for roads?

Leading eDiplomacy at State: Conversation with Richard Boly

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How is eDiplomacy moving State from a culture of need to know toward a culture of a need to share?

Continuity and Collaboration to Improve Performance: The Center for The Business of Government Moves Forward

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For the last 14 years, the IBM Center for The Business of Government has implemented a mission of bringing external research and leadership perspectives to causes and potential solutions for hard problems facing the public sector.  With the retirement of Jonathan Breul after his very successful tenure as the Center’s Executive Director – Jonathan’s career and major information on government management are eloquently documented by Senior Fellow (and leader of many Center activities) John Kamensky’s rec

Weekly Round-up: July 06, 2012

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Using Consultations to Make Informed Decisions

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) works for Congress and is a big proponent of performance-informed decision making.  So they’ve written a practical report on how Congress can effectively use performance information produced by federal agencies to make better decisions.  And they’ve illustrated the report with three examples of where congressional committees, over a period of years, used performance information to guide key decisions in diverse areas such as immigration, HIV/AIDs, and improper payments.

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